Building a Transdisciplinary Approach to Palliative Care in an Acute Care Setting
Building a Transdisciplinary Approach to Palliative Care in an Acute Care Setting
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在急性护理环境中建立姑息治疗的跨学科方法
DOI:
10.2190/om.67.1-2.e
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发表时间:
2013
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通讯作者:
Stephen Chavez Matzel
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作者:
D. Daly;Stephen Chavez Matzel
A transdisciplinary team is an essential component of palliative and end-of-life care. This article will demonstrate how to develop a transdisciplinary approach to palliative care, incorporating nursing, social work, spiritual care, and pharmacy in an acute care setting. Objectives included: identifying transdisciplinary roles contributing to care in the acute care setting; defining the palliative care model and mission; identifying patient/ family and institutional needs; and developing palliative care tools. Methods included a needs assessment and the development of assessment tools, an education program, community resources, and a patient satisfaction survey. After 1 year of implementation, the transdisciplinary palliative care team consisted of seven palliative care physicians, two social workers, two chaplains, a pharmacist, and End-of-Life Nursing Consortium (ELNEC) trained nurses. Palomar Health now has a palliative care service with a consistent process for transdisciplinary communication and intervention for adult critical care patients with advanced, chronic illness.